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News and Events

Jury Announced for the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

May 24, 2018 |
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Current Events

The Holocaust Has Moved Hands

May 24, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Man Booker International Prize 2018 Shortlist Roundup

May 22, 2018 |
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On Translation

There Are Things to Remember: Translating the Poetry of Giovanni Raboni

May 22, 2018 |
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Fiction

Avala Is Falling (an excerpt)

May 21, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Friday Lit Links — Week of May 18

May 18, 2018 |
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Book Reviews

Radical Love: Bliss, Beauty, and Islam’s Mystical Tradition

May 16, 2018 |
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Literary Tributes

A Sad Rush of Wings: A Tribute to Sergio Pitol

May 16, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Friday Lit Links — Week of May 11

May 11, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Five New Books (All by Women Authors) to Read over the Summer

May 10, 2018 |
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On Translation

Grandma, Non-Oui (an excerpt)

May 08, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Friday Lit Links — Week of May 4

May 04, 2018 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

His Poems Are His Promises to Return: Remembering Kedarnath Singh

May 02, 2018 |
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Interviews

Rom-Coms, the Fictional NBA, and Missing Missy Elliott: A Conversation with Shea Serrano

May 02, 2018 |
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Lit Lists

Friday Lit Links — Week of April 27

April 27, 2018 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

Postcards from the Border

April 25, 2018 |

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